WINNIPEG — The province has unveiled a plan to improve land-use planning legislation that gives the Municipal Board power to override decisions made by local governments, such as the proposed housing project located on the Granite Curling Club’s parking lot.

“We’re untangling this severe mess that was created by the Tories,” Municipal and Northern Relations Minister Glen Simard said Friday, referring to amendments made in 2021 and 2022 to the Planning Act and the City of Winnipeg Charter by former premier Brian Pallister’s government.

The changes gave the provincial appointees to the Municipal Board the power to overturn development decisions made by elected officials in Manitoba’s municipalities.

Simard said the amendments “put a broad scope and powers in the Municipal Board’s hands.”

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